WDC Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

Us Supreme Court Building

January 21, 2010

Madison – The narrowest of majorities on the U.S. Supreme Court legislated from the bench today, effectively enacting a radical vision of the First Amendment and a bastardized version of democracy that has never been approved by elected representatives of the American people and strays far from the ideals spelled out so elegantly by the nation’s founders.

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